Curry is the first in the league, butler is the fifth in the salary league! The Warriors lack a cap in the new season, and maybe it should be rebuilt

Over the whole summer, the quietest team in the league was the Warriors. When other teams were busy strengthening, the Warriors were quiet, but they only reached verbal promises with Horford, Melton, Curry Jr., Payton Jr., Brogdon and others; but the most lively team in the league was also the Warriors, because Cumingga and the Warriors management were no longer incompatible, and the Warriors were unwilling to let Cumingga go easily, and he was even more unwilling to give Cumingga a contract that satisfies him. Although it was a bit contradictory, it was obvious that the coaching staff led by Cole did not like Cumingga, but the boss Ragbu made a clear statement and hoped Cumingga stay. The worst result is that when Kumingga executes a one-year qualification quotation of 7.9 million on October 1, no one will become a winner.

In fact, in terms of attitude towards Kumingga, the Warriors mainly cause this split situation. On the one hand, the team does not have enough salary space, and they are also afraid that Kumingga will be directly snatched away by the Nets when signing other players. On the other hand, Kohl made it clear that Kumingga and Butler could not coexist, and Kohl certainly hoped to take Curry as the center and win in the present. Obviously, Butler is Curry's current deputy, the second-in-command team, and his status is unshakable. But through these two reasons, there is only one source of the contradiction behind it: Butler. The Warriors exchanged Butler before the trade deadline and gave him a two-year salary of 110 million yuan. When Curry was not present, Butler was completely replaced by the core of offense and defense.

Let's start with two rankings. US media selected the top 40 players in each position in the new season. Among them, Butler ranked eighth in the small forward position. In addition to James, Durant, and Kat, he is also basically at the same level as Avdia and DeRozan after Wagner Jr., Barnes, Bridges, and Anunobi. For 2K Games, the new season also sets Butler's total score at 87, ranking 40th in the league. These two rankings are not difficult to see that Butler is no longer a star in the top 30 levels of the league! However, the Warriors are the core players. Curry has a salary of 59.6 million in the new season, and Butler has a salary of 54.13 million in the league (at the same level as Davis, Tatum and Antetokounmpo), which is the most expensive duo in the league.

Butler is worth this price? To be honest, after Butler came to the Warriors last season, it was really eye-catching. Shared four data. When the Warriors did not have Curry and Butler last season, they could only score 104.2 points in a hundred rounds, ranking 29th in the league; and after Butler arrived, the Warriors' offensive efficiency rose to 17th in the league without Curry; coupled with Curry, after Butler came to the Warriors, the Warriors scored 23 wins and 8 losses in the regular season, with net efficiency value of third in the league in the same period! Butler did raise the Warriors' lower limit a little, but essentially it cannot solve the problem of the team's upper limit when Curry is not around. Two years ago, Butler led the Heat to the last bus of the playoffs, then defeated all the way to the finals, and was known as Jordan in the playoffs. But two years later, Butler averaged 18 points per game in the regular season and 19 points per game in the playoffs. When Curry fell in the Timberwolves series, Butler averaged 20 points per game and shot 45.7% from the field. Obviously, this must have an injury impact, but Butler played the Rockets + Timberwolves in the playoffs last season and the overall On-Off value was -13.0! The Warriors' net efficiency value for 100 rounds is only -2.9 in the entire playoffs. What does this mean? Butler easily reminds people of Harden, who was a big winner in the Rockets, but after leaving the Rockets, due to his age and team role, he needed to transform, and his scoring proportion decreased, focusing on organization. Butler also has this sign. As he gets older and does not have a three-point shooting, his finishing ability has declined too quickly.

Okay, even if the Warriors finally send Kumingga away, or Kumingga plans to spend 7.9 million yuan in one year with the Warriors, the lineup framework of the Warriors in the new season is basically finalized. Starting: Curry + Melton + Butler + Dream Chasing Green + Horford; Substitutes: Podgemsky + Hilde + Moody + Curry Jr. + Payton Jr. + Davis. The starting lineup is too old and the overall short. And who can become the second stable scoring point besides Curry? Butler's efficiency is not even as good as Wiggins at the Warriors! It can be predicted that the Warriors' new season is at the playoff level, which is based on the fact that the 38-year-old Curry may have to overdraw himself, which means that the playoffs may face injury problems. The most embarrassing thing is that the Warriors lineup framework cannot move!

Curry is faith, Green is an adsorbent, Butler has a salary of 110 million yuan for the remaining two years. Referring to the troubled trading of the Heat half a year ago, Butler's market conditions may be worse than Paul George. Apart from these three, the Warriors' highest salary is Moody, with an annual salary of 11.57 million. What's the point of being there at any time? Simply put, during Butler's transformation, he went from leading the team to breaking the upper limit to becoming a bottom-up role, but the meaning of bottom-up is actually even more cruel in the West. After all, Butler has not been able to maintain a healthy state in the regular season in the past few years. According to this trend, by next summer, the Warriors should actually consider rebuilding, but except for the first round picks, they can't even find the young core of rebuilding.